Hook and eye



Dec; 1 1925 M. A. STREHLEIN HOOK AN!) *EYE Filed Oct. 20, 1.924

6 y M U Patentecl- Dec. 1, 1925.

v UNITED" STATES PATENT @FFICE.

MARY A. STREHLEILR'OF CHICAGQILLINOIS.

HOOK' AND EYE..

Applicationjfiled water 2e, 19%. Serial naveasoo.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, MARY. A. STREHLEIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county oi Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of whichthe following, reference being had to the drawings accompanying andforming a part hereof, is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of fasteners for garments todetachably'securetwo pliable members; andhas, among its 'ob ects,

to provide asimple and durable hook and eye fastener, which is easilyiastened and unfastened, and is not liable-to become accidentallydisengaged: to provide a hook-and eye fastener which is readily attachedin proper position topliable members of garments, and which, whenattached, s not liable to tear the garment, or to produce'anyconsiderable distortion or wear to the garment. An additional object isto obtain a hook and eye it'asteneiy a substantial part whereof is madeofwire, which will present no projecting sharp points or ends. ofwire,and a hook and eye which is of presentable appearance, both before beingattached to pliable members of a garment, and after the same is attachedthereto, and when the parts i of the device are connected together. p I

An additional objectis to obtain a hook and eye which is economicallymade and not liable to break or get out of order.

In the drawing referred to Fig. 1 1s a top plan view of the portion ofthe hook member whichis formed of wire Fig. 2 is a top plan view of theportion of the eye member which is formed of wire.

'Fig 3 is a top plan view of the portion of the hook member which isformedfo-f'wire,

mounted on the disk which forms the base of the hook member. e

Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe portionot the eye member which is formedof wire, mounted on the disk which forms the base of the eye member. 7

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the hook members of the device, on line5 5 of Fig.

8, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the eye member of the device, on line 66of Fig. 4, viewed as indicated by arrows, with the periphery of the diskmember turned over on to the curved portion of the wire member.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the hook member of the device with theperiphery of the disk member turned over on to the portions of the wiremember; and 1 'Fig. 8 is a vertical section of said hook member, on line88 of Fig. 7, viewed as indicated byjarrows.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates saidpart throughout the several figures of the drawing wherever the sameappears.

1 represents the hook member of the deas at 6, 6, to obtain members'7,7, which are in substantially the same horizontal lane. The wire isagain bent, as at 8, 8, and from said last named bends is curved, as at9 and 10, to obtain elements which are, respectively concentric to thedisk forming the base of the hook member of the device. One

end of said wire is again bent, as at 11, Figs.

1 and'3, to-obtain the hump member "12,

' and 13 represents the hump on said member 12. 14, Figs. 3, 5 and 7,represents the disk on which the wire portion of the hook member ismounted; and 15 represents the peripheral portion of disk 14, which isturned over to obtain a head: that portion of said bead which registerswith elements 9 and 10 hereinbefore described, is forced down rigidly onto said elements 9 and 10,

thereby securing the wire portion of the hook member to the disk or baseportion thereof. The portion of said bead which is on the wire portionof the hook member, at

bend 8, 8, of said wire portion, extends a short distance on'portions 7,7-, of said wire element, as at 16, 16, Figs. Tand 8. 17,

17, represent apertures indisk 14, through which thread may be extendedto attach the hook member of the device to agarment.

Referring to the portion of the eye member of the device which ism'adeof wire, said wireis bent, as at 18, 18, Fig. 6, to obtain theelements 19,19, which are in substantially vertical planes, at the endsof the horizontal element 20 of said wire. Said wire is again bent, asat 21, 21, Fig. 6, to obtain the elements 22, 22, which are insubstantially the same horizontal plane; and again bent, as at 23, 23,and from said bends 23 23, the wire is curved, as at 24, 24, to the ends25, 25, to be substantially concentric to the disk 14 which forms thebase of the eye member of the device. 15 represents the peripheralportion of disk 14 which is turned over to obtain a bead and thatportionjof said bead which registers with elements 24, 24, of the wireelement of the eye member, is forced down thereonto, to secure said wireportion of the eye member tothfe disk portion, or base, thereof. 17 17,respectively represent apertures in disk 14, through which thread isextended to attach the eye member of the device to garments.

, When the hook and eye members are constructed as hereinbeforedescribed, the upper bend of hump 13, is so near to the under face ofthe parallel elements which extend from bend 3 to bends 4; 4, (Figs. 5and 8), that some force is required to extend horizontal element 20 ofthe eye beyond said hump, and to be adjacent to vertical membersorjelements 5', 5. And said hump prevents the hook and eye membersbecoming accidentally disengaged,this being the usual function of thehump? as it is termed, in the ordinary makes'of hook'sand eyes.

VVheIi the hereinbefore' described hook and eye members are attached tothe edges of a garment, and said hook and eye are engaged, the disks 14a-nd14 are in substantially parallel planes with the wire portionsthereof between said disks, and substantially concealed thereby fromview; so as to obtain a very presentable fastener, having all theadvantages of ordinary hook and eye fasteners. The disk members 14 and14, being secured or attached tothe garment adjacent to meeting edgesthereof, by thread extending through apertures 1T, 17 and 17 17?, saiddisks form bases of sufficient areato prevent distortion of the garmentadjacent to said bases, both in attaching' the bases to the garment, andupon said garment being subjected to strain when the hook and eyemembers are engaged.

Longer wear in a garment, at the edges' thereof, is obtained by me, thanwould be obtainable if said disks 14, 14, and 14, 14 were not present asset forth.

I claim I 1. In a hook arrangedto co-act with an eye, a wire member, theWire of said member bent to obtain parallel elements in a si1bstantiallyhorizontal plane, additional par-- allel elements in a substantiallyvertical plane, additional elements in a substantially horizontal planeand at substantially right angles to the first and secondnamed parallel'elements, and curved elements, in combination with a disk provided witha peripheral bead arranged to cover the curved elements of the wiremember, to rigidly join said wire and disk member all arranged so thatsaid wire member is on and wholly within the perphery of said base.

2. In a hook arranged to co-act with an. eye, a wire member, the wire ofsaid member bent to obtain parallel elements in a substantiallyhorizontal plane, additional. par allel elements in a substantiallyvertical plane, additional elements in a substantial- 1y horizontalplane and at substantially right angles to the first and second namedparallel elements, and curved elements, the wire forming one of saidcurved elements 8 extended and a bend at the junction of said curvedelement and said extension, to position said extension parallel'to andunderneath the first named parallel elements, and said extensionbeing'pro'vided with a bend 8 to form hump, in combination With a diskprovided with a peripheral bead arranged to cover said curved elementsof the wire mem her, to rigidly join said wire and disk memhere allarranged with said wire member on 9 and wholly within the periphery ofsaid disk.

3. In a hook and eye, a plurality of parts respectively comprising awire member and a disk member, the wire of one of said wire 9 membersbent to obtain parallel elements, in a substantially horizontal plane,additional parallel elements in a substantially vertical plane,additional elements in a substantially horizontal plane, and atsubstantially right angles to the first and second named parallelelements, and curved elements, in a horizontal plane in combination withone of said disk members,- said disk member provided with a peripheralhead a portion of said bead arranged to cover said curved elements ofsaid wire member to rigidly join said Wire and disk member, and the wireof the other wire member bent to obtain a horizontal element, verticalelements at the ends 1 of said horizontal element, additional elementsand curved elements in a horizontal plane, in combination with the otherof said disk members, said last named disk provided with a peripheralbead a portion of said bead arranged to cover said last named curvedelements, to rigidly join said last named Wire and disk members allarranged so that when said wire members are joined said disk membersregister and said wire members are between said diskmembers and withinthe peripheries thereof.

MARY A. sTREHLEiN.

